17.2.2014: An air monitor at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant detected the
spike in an isolated area half a mile below the ground. The incident
prompted an immediate shutoff of filtered air from the facility into the
environment [...] “This is the first time we had to close off air
filtered by the facility to the outside,” (CNN)

18.2.2014: Officials at the site discounted
any effect on human health, saying no radiation had escaped to the
surface and no workers were exposed. So far, it is unknown what caused
the release of radioactivity inside the repository, built in ancient
salt beds 2,150 feet below the surface. (LA Times)

Workers trimming leaves from pot plants to be packaged and sold at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver.

Photograph by Brennan Linsley/AP Photo

Feds OK marijuana banking; establish guidelines

Banks
were given a green light Friday to offer services to the legal
marijuana industry, but must continue to report any suspicious activity
specific to that industry to federal authorities.
The historic step brings marijuana businesses closer to legitimacy in
states where pot is already legal, but it falls short of the
legislative action many banks want to see before doing business with
marijuana operators. That will be up to Congress to consider.
In a joint statement, the U.S. Department of Justice and the
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the U.S. Department of
the Treasury, said the move gives “greater financial transparency” to
an industry that remains illegal in nearly every state.
It also makes clear that banks would be helping law enforcement with
“information that is particularly valuable” in filing regular reports
that offer insights about how marijuana businesses work.
“Law enforcement will now have greater insight into marijuana
business activity generally,” FinCEN said in a news release, “and will
be able to focus on activity that presents high-priority concerns.”Previous coverage about marijuana banking.
Banks currently must file a suspicious activity report any time it
suspects a transaction has a drug connection. Under the new guidance,
banks would have three tiers of SARs specific to marijuana businesses
dependent on levels of concern.
“This reduces the burden on banks,” a senior FinCEN official said in a
briefing before the guidance was officially announced. “Marijuana under
federal law requires a SAR. Now, the necessity is limited, reducing the
banks’ burden a bit and more importantly clarifies where law
enforcement focuses its attention.”
The marijuana-specific reports are either “marijuana limited,”
“marijuana priority,” and “marijuana termination,” which identifies the
business as operating normally or having some measure of truly
suspicious activity.
Colorado-based U.S. Attorney John Walsh said the guidance clarifies
how law enforcement and banking will approach what’s been a sticky
issue.
The “guidance seeks to mitigate the public safety concerns created by
high-volume cash-based businesses without access to banking and the
financial system, while at the same time ensuring that criminal
organizations, gangs and drug cartels do not have access to the
financial system to launder criminal proceeds,” Walsh said in a
statement.

Colorado and Washington are the only states to allow legal
recreational marijuana sales while 20 about others allow medical
marijuana.

“Now that some states have elected to legalize and regulate the
marijuana trade, FinCEN seeks to move from the shadows the historically
covert financial operations of marijuana businesses,” FinCEN director
Jennifer Shasky Calvery said in a statement.

The massive #sinkhole that opened up under a Kentucky museum Wednesday morning swallowed several vintage and rare Corvettes.
The #NationalCorvetteMuseum said the Bowling Green Fire Department
estimates the sinkhole to be around 25-30 feet deep and 40 feet wide.
"This is going to be an interesting situation," Museum Executive Director Wendell Strode told the Bowling Green Daily News, noting that a structural engineer is at the Bowling Green facility to evaluate the damage inside its Sky Dome section.
Six of the cars in the sinkhole are owned by the museum; two others are owned by General Motors.

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“Throughout the journey, Tesla’s rally team was privileged to meet fans
from around the country at Superchargers in Worthington, MN, Macedonia,
OH, and Newark, DE, among others,” wrote Tesla’s Hamish McKenzie. “These
fans brought firm handshakes, warm smiles, hot coffee, and a fierce
pride in their vehicles.” He also noted that the Tesla employees that
participated in the drive were all “directly involved with the
construction, operation, and deployment” of the Supercharger network,
which is still expanding. Superchargers, which are free to use for Model S owners, are situated
in more than 85 locations worldwide, with many more due to come online
in the next couple of years. Aside from not costing users a cent,
Superchargers are also faster than regular charging: they replenish half
a charge in as little as 20 minutes. Father-daughter combination John
and Jill Glenney were quick to claim the mantle of "first electric car
drive across America using only Superchargers," completing the cross
country drive last week as Tesla energized the final stations along the
route." - Tesla Blog

At 7:30am today, two Tesla Model S sedans rolled quietly to a stop
outside New York's City Hall to set a record speed time for an electric
vehicle crossing the United States. The team had just driven the two

The recent Legalization of Marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington have far reaching effects in areas of Business, Economics, and Criminal Justice in the rest of the Country.With the criminal aspect removed these States have hit upon a winning combination.As the "Big Game" to be played in New Jersey, that State is planning a journey into the recreational Legalization of Marijuana (Medical is already Legal).WE are the ones who can make this happen in our States.Let's Act on it.And don't forget, there is a football game to be played.Enjoy the #StonerBowl!!!_MP

Flag on the Play: Why the #StonerBowl is No Laughing Matter

It is time to recognize that ending marijuana prohibition can and
should be a tool to help address institutional racism. The jubilance of
the #StonerBowl at the Meadowlands taunts the more than 600,000 families
in New York whose lives have been shattered by racist, unlawful, and
expensive marijuana arrests. Photo: AP

January 31, 2014- By Kassandra Frederique

With both Denver and Seattle playing this week’s Super Bowl, the news
is full of marijuana puns, and jokes about the #StonerBowl. Yet as
someone invested in the drug policy reform movement and acutely aware of
how much marijuana prohibition has harmed communities of color, I
struggle to find the humor.

The irony of the Super Pot Bowl being held in the stadium of the two
New York City football teams should not be lost on anyone. New York,
after all, is the marijuana arrest capital of the world,
with tens of thousands of marijuana possession arrests every year.
Young Black and Latino men make up over 85 percent of the arrests in New
York City; and in areas like Buffalo and Syracuse, it’s over 90
percent.

As my second-favorite Manning brother throws touchdowns, somewhere in
Bedford Stuyvesant, a young Black man will face his first arrest –
handcuffed, taken to the station, photographed, fingerprinted, and given
a permanent arrest record – all for a simple marijuana possession.